On Tue, Jan 14, 2025 at 12:10:47 -0500, Eben King wrote: > When I run xfce-terminal, I don't get the aliases defined in .profile but I > do get the ones from .bashrc. I run X as "startx" from a console login, so > somewhere along the line someone's dropping the ball.
Your aliases should be defined in .bashrc, NOT in .profile. Opening a terminal runs a NON-login shell, which only reads .bashrc. This is the normal and expected behavior. The only time .profile is read is when you run a LOGIN shell, which happens if you login via ssh, or on a text console, or if you explicitly request one via command line options. .profile should set environment variables, umask, resource limits, and other things that can be inherited. .bashrc should set aliases, functions, shell options, and other things that cannot be inherited.
